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The Collection of Antiquities
Honoré de Balzac · Ellen Marriage
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*The Collection of Antiquities* (Le Cabinet des Antiques) is one of Balzac's *Comédie Humaine* novels, translated by Ellen Marriage, depicting the decline of a proud provincial aristocratic family as its heir pursues ambition and ruin in Paris. It suits readers of nineteenth-century French literature and those studying Balzac's portrayal of class and social change.
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
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